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We should, as you state, live an “obedient, righteous life of faith “. That is true. But Jesus did not fulfil The Law. The Law is still valid, and works for anyone not living by grace. But when living by grace, we assert the commandments of The Law – as the ethics of ours.
Christ, the anointed one, must be understood principally as The Son. The Son is the meaning of life. He is the outcome – the life – of every action, of any work. So by the word “fulfilled” Jesus stated that no paragraph of The Law would disappear from The Law before the life of that paragraph comes to being. The life of the paragraph is The Son. The Son is the claim of any paragraph in The Law.
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2012-02-24 08:22:49 Posted by Anders ()
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Even before the Law there were those that were righteous by their faith. Abraham is the primary example of that. He lived by faith and the covenant that the Lord gave him. As Paul said through grace we died to sin and alive to God through Christ. The trouble with those that live outside of grace or focus on the Law can be come focused on the ritual and rites and not the intent of the law. This is true of those that live outside the law and some who call themselves Christians as well.
As expressed by Christ in the sermon on the mount the Ten Commandments are still the standard that God holds to us all. Christ went as far to explain how to and how not to live by those commandments.
We are no longer required to provide a blood sacrifice for atonement, that has been done for us through Christ. There is no sacrifice greater. In Hebrews we are told that the law made nothing perfect, that a better hope is introduced in which we draw nearer to God. The same sacrifices performed year after year can not make perfect those that draw near to worship. Sacrifices under the Mosaic Law were an annual reminder of sin and man's sinful condition. Burnt offerings and sin offerings were set aside as God was not pleased with them. They were replaced with the sacrifice of Jesus once and for all. For it is through Christ that we come to God, apart from Christ there is no path to God.
2012-02-24 10:20:37 Posted by RevMick ()
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By the way, Anders, you write beautifully. :)
2012-02-24 10:26:58 Posted by RevMick ()
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We are justified by our faith not works, Amen.
2012-02-24 12:07:23 Posted by Anonymous ()
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Thank you, Mick. 
I believe Abraham in fact created many prescripts of The Law. Of course I cannot point out any verse to prove this. But we know Abraham created the circumcision, which later was instituted by The Law. And I believe this was not the only prescript, or moral rule, he prescribed. He certainly lived by faith. And what we, living by grace, should learn from him, most of all, is that we are justified by faith. But I believe he afforded some rules – to reveal his ethics.
Certainly there must have been a oral tradition in Israel. The Story of The Creation, for instance, is fantastic, is holy, in the words of Moses. But the story as such would have been rejected, I believe, if it had not been told for generations. I believe The Story of The Creation in fact is from Adam himself – four thousand years before Christ. In the same way I believe at least some of the rules of The Law came into existence by Abraham.
Have a nice weekend!
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2012-02-25 04:54:49 Posted by Anders ()
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